Humour et paillettes au Palais Garnier avec Jerome Robbins

Hugo Marchand et Hannah O’Neill dans En Sol

Ludmila Pagliero et Mathieu Ganio dans In the night

The Concert de Jerome Robbins au Palais Garnier

By Laurine Mortha, 26 October 2023

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“une série de tableaux pleins d’humour qui tournent en dérision les codes de la danse classique”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 24 October 2023

En Sol (Jerome Robbins)

In The Night (Jerome Robbins)

The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) (Jerome Robbins)

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Maria Seletskaja, Conductor

Erté, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Anthony Dowell, Costume Designer

Paul Steinberg, Set Designer

Irene Sharaff, Costume Designer

Frank Braley, Piano

Hugo Marchand, Dancer

Hannah O'Neill, Dancer

Inès McIntosh, Dancer

Sae Eun Park, Dancer

Paul Marque, Dancer

Ludmila Pagliero, Dancer

Mathieu Ganio, Dancer

Amandine Albisson, Dancer

Audric Bezard, Dancer

Léonore Baulac, Dancer

Marine Ganio, Dancer

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Laurine Mortha

Danseuse amatrice depuis 20 ans, Laurine est une habituée des scènes parisiennes, classiques et contemporaines, et a été chorégraphe d'une comédie musicale amateur.